Shopping for a PCGS-slabbed gold coin prize for a future MD Forum giveaway.

lordmarcovan

I would prefer that the prize coin PCGS-certified, as a nod to our forum host.

Since the theme of the upcoming Metal Detecting Forum Virtual Treasure Hunt III will be sort of "piratey", I think a Spanish escudo of some sort from the 1700s would be ideal, if you know of any in PCGS plastic. I might need to go to eBay.

If I fail to find an escudo, I was thinking that since it is now 2007, a 100-year-old US $2.50, $5.00, or $10.00 Liberty dated 1907 would alternately be a nice prize.

Several folks are contributing to the prize kitty and we do not have all the contributions in yet, so I do not know what the final budget will be, but we're nearly up to $200 with pledges and contributions so far and I expect to get a little more.

We do not want the prize coin to be TOO nice, since we are giving it away, after all, and if it is too valuable, our fun contest/game on the forum will deteriorate into a grabby greedfest, so I would imagine something between $200 and $400 would be in the right range.

A gold American eagle of some size in government packaging would also work, but I would want a 2007 issue and it being the beginning of January, surely nobody has anything like that yet. (?) So I think we'll try for the escudo or the 100-year-old Liberty.

If you have coins that might fit these criteria, please let me know. It would be nice if our forum contest prize was purchased from a fellow Collectors Universe member. I hope to have the prize budget ready and the coin purchased by the last week of the month, at the latest.

PS- if you give us a nice deal, your name will be listed with the donors in the credits for the VTH3.
Not that we expect anyone to give us a freebie, and I am certainly not looking for a handout, but anyone who can sell us a good prize coin for our giveaway at a fair price will be appreciated publicly on the thread when it is posted.

shuckins

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